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HEALING GARDENS DOCUMENTARY DISCOVERS WHISTLING GARDENS
(Wilsonville, Norfolk County Ontario Canada – August 6, 2021) From corn field to botanical gardens... Whistling Gardens a federal, provincial and municipal multi-award winning privately owned botanical garden, home to several rare and recognized plant collections will be featured in the Canadian documentary, Healing Gardens scheduled for release in 2022.HEALING [...]
Year of the Garden 2022 PROCLAMATION
Year of the Garden 2022 PROCLAMATION WHEREAS 2022 mark the centennial of Canada’s ornamental horticulture sector on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association; WHEREAS the Canadian Garden Council is committed to celebrating the contribution of gardens and gardening to the development of our [...]
Canadian Garden Council Requests Parliament to Designate 2022 as Canada’s Year of the Garden
OTTAWA – The Canadian Garden Council (CGC) is proud to proclaim 2022, Canada’s Year of the Garden to celebrate the centennial of Canada’s ornamental horticulture sector on the occasion of the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association’s 100-year anniversary. The Year of the Garden 2022 invites Canadians across the country to commemorate [...]
Plant Hope In 2021
Communities in Bloom (CiB-Cef) and its partners, including the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association and Garden Centres Canada, are working together to summon everyone to create Hope Gardens for 2021. Across Canada and beyond, our goal is to see the land awash with gardens featuring yellow, the international colour of hope. [...]
Larry Hodgson - In a COVID-19 Summer, So Many Gardens to Visit!
In this summer of the COVID-19 pandemic, circumstances far beyond our control have kept most of us close to home. So, as a special summer project to keep our minds and hands busy and put fresh food on our table, many of us have renewed with the age-old tradition of [...]
Canada Day 2020 in the Garden
Celebrate Canada Day in the Garden! The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live, but we will still celebrate Canada Day this year! With social distancing restrictions in place, we know that the traditional way of celebrating our country’s birthday must be different. This year, we propose celebrating [...]
IT’S GARDEN TIME! Garden Days 2020: June 13-21
For immediate release IT’S GARDEN TIME! Garden Days 2020: June 13-21 Garden Days celebrates the joys of gardens and gardening and its many benefits to our physical and mental well-being. Whether your hands are in the dirt of your backyard garden, or you prefer to take a stroll through [...]
Network of Garden Days Champions Program
Invitation to be a Garden Days Champion The objective is for each Champion Organization to be an ambassador for Garden Days vis a vis its community. Each Champion Organization is asked to identify one person within the organization to be a liaison with Garden Days and to ensure Garden Days [...]
Garden Days 2020 – It’s Garden Time!
The Canadian Garden Council is pleased to announce that Garden Days 2020 will be held from June 13 to 21. National Garden Day will be celebrated on Saturday, June 20th . This year’s Garden Days will be very different from previous years. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we [...]
Jardin Daniel A. Séguin : 2020 Season cancelled due to the Coronavirus
May 5, 2020, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec – In this context of uncertainties, Quebec Government has decided that the health measures put in place to protect citizens from COVID-19 will have to be respected in the longer term. Consequently, it is with great sadness that the Fondation en horticulture de l’ITA de [...]
Culture and heritage groups seek targeted COVID-19 support
Ottawa, April 22nd 2020 The Honourable Steven Guilbeault House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 By email: [email protected] Dear Minister: The undersigned organizations recently came together to discuss areas of common interest and begin the process of working together in order to reimagine a new way forward post COVID-19. Each [...]
Winner of the 2019 Canadian Tourism Awards
Victoria, Canada, November 5, 2019 Today at the North American Garden Tourism Conference, in the spirit of the conference theme: “Taking Garden Tourism to the Next Level”, the recipients of the 2019 Garden Tourism Awards were announced. Garden Tourism can be a significant component of a destination’s tourism offering Over [...]
Garden Tourism Conference Agenda
November 3 to 5, 2019 – Victoria, BC Sunday, November 3, 2019 9:00 – 10:00 am Registration Pick up your Lee Valley Tools delegate bag. Hotel Grand Pacific Lobby 9:30 – 4:00 pm (bus departs Hotel Grand Pacific at 9:30 a.m.) Bus departs Hotel Grand Pacific at 9:30 a.m. for [...]
Larry Hodgson - Canada’s Garden Route Spokesperson
Author of "A Garden Lover's Guide to Canada" Bring the Kids! Summer’s here and Canada’s public gardens are at their best. You know you want to visit them yourself – who wouldn’t want to stroll through a beautiful garden filled with flowers – but maybe you feel you’re so tied [...]
Victoria Gardens Tour
April 5, 2019 This step-on, guided tour includes a quick visit to Abkhazi Gardens and then on to the magnificent Gardens at Hatley Estate–the site of Royal Roads University, a stop at the Gardens at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific, and finishes with a historical guided tour and back-of-house [...]
2019 North American Garden Tourism Conference Dates Announced
January 7, 2019 SAVE THE DATES – YOU’LL BE SO GLAD YOU DID! We are pleased to let you know that the 6th biennial North American Garden Tourism Conference will take place November 3 to 5, 2019 in Victoria, BC. This is where the North American and global gardens, garden [...]
View Past Programs
Interested in learning more about previous Garden Tourism Conferences? Download the programs from 2015 and 2017 to view past schedules, speakers and more. View 2017 Program View 2015 Program
Winners of the 2017 top 10 North American Gardens Worth Travelling for Garden Tourism Awards
Toronto, ON . . . March 14, 2017 . . .Today at the North American Garden Tourism Conference, the Canadian Garden Council and the American Public Gardens Association are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 ‘Top 10 North American Gardens Worth Traveling For’ Garden Tourism Awards. Tourism is [...]
Winners of the 2017 Canadian Garden Tourism Awards
Toronto, ON . . . March 14, 2017 . . . Today at the North American Garden Tourism Conference, the Canadian Garden Council announced the recipients of the 2017 Canadian Garden Tourism Awards. Garden Tourism is a significant component of the tourism industry Dr. Richard Benfield author of Garden Tourism [...]
Winners of the 2015 Canadian Garden Tourism Awards
Toronto, Canada . . . Tuesday, March 17, 2015 . . . Today at the North American Garden Tourism Conference, the Canadian Garden Council is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2015 Canadian Garden Tourism Awards which were presented by The Honourable Peter Kent, MP, Thornhill, Ontario. “As baby [...]
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